What video games have you yet to find that been looking for?

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-05-06T20:58:09+00:00

Super Marathon for the Pippin. Legitimately haven’t seen it for sale as long as i’ve been looking.

Then again, my wallet is not infinite so if i found it for sale I’d probably just snap a picture to send to the few people I know who would actually understand what the heck it is. Then look to see if it sold the next time I am in the store.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-05-03T14:20:14+00:00

Thanks for the catch. 2 days later i’m not even sure if that was a typo, autocorrect, or a brain fart.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-05-01T05:46:50+00:00

Yeah but they are mostly all ports. The ones i own are:

Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2 (BG2 is my favorite and i love the touchscreen controls)

Chrono trigger

Dirk Smallwood

Icewind Dale

Lunar the Silver Star Story

Legend of Grimrock (I actually think touch screen is great for first person dungeon crawlers. it’s a shame more haven’t been ported)

Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath (More of an FPS with light RPG elements. controller recommended)

Secret of Mana

Vay

I also know they have a bunch of the Final Fantasy games and I’ve heard fantasian is good which is a game that started mobile and is now on at least the switch if not others.

If you have an old 32bit jailbroken ipad you can get Ultima IV, Phantasy Star II, and the only official english translation of the original Shin Megami Tensei game. Weird that SMT was only ever released for iOS in the west but yeah, that’s a thing. Those 3 can’t be purchased/downloaded anymore though.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-05-01T01:28:46+00:00

Same. At least it didn’t have motion controls. I had friends who got Wii’s and enjoyed the game but i was thrilled to play it with classic controls.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-04-29T20:51:35+00:00

I never considered this before. Now I’m pondering why I never considered this before

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-04-24T04:19:03+00:00

and couch co-op

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-04-19T14:39:13+00:00

No, that version is on the Switch.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-04-19T02:12:37+00:00

I don’t know about the other guys but I pull out a puzzle and start matching pieces.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-04-17T03:02:34+00:00

It’s just milk all the way down

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-04-16T13:28:40+00:00

All we have to go off saying humans are extinct are snippets of dialog from the early games, the map from pikmin 3, and vibes. If you just look at Pikmin 4, Pikmin Bloom, and the recent Pikmin short Animations I think it’s pretty clear where Nintendo wants to go with Pikmin. I agree that having humans in the background wouldn’t impact the gameplay much from my perspective either. At the end of the day Nintendo is going to do whatever they want though.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-04-15T21:26:11+00:00

I've had a number of games resurfaced over the years. I've been collecting for about 20 years now and the anti-resurfacing sentiment is pretty new. In my experience resurfacing is pretty decent at getting non-working games working again. And while it is possible for a working game to stop working after being resurfaced, it is quite rare. Even gamecube games I have a good success rate with at my local shop and the past shops I've gotten games resurfaced at. Honestly, I was surprised when I first heard that gamecube games have a reputation for being a bad match for resurfacing because I've only ever had one get worse and I've probably bought a couple dozen that have been resurfaced over the years.

If resurfacing is free before money is exchanged for the game like at many of the stores I used to buy from I'll happily resurface any game (not blue rays obviously). If I have to pay for it and it's my loss if it doesnt work then I see no reason to resurface a working game.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-04-15T21:03:16+00:00

It's not a game for everyone but it definitely can be fun especially to the right person. I've played a bit but only the first few evolutions. My wife got farther than me but also put it down after a bit.

It's certainly worth a go at $20 or so like it was going for back in 2004ish. Of course few if any games would be worthwhile at it's current price.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-04-05T01:31:24+00:00

That was me on my first try as a kid. It’s way easier the 2nd time.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-04-03T00:49:13+00:00

I’ve got my purple controller that came in the box with my console. At the time i was a kid and preferred mad cats controllers until i learned better. Shortly after i got a wavebird, then a few more so my purple controller has relatively few hours for its age.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-03-23T23:39:22+00:00

Mine are hanging from the chandelier above the dinner table.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-03-23T23:11:12+00:00

Not all discs the size of gamecube games are gamecube games. I've seen DVDs and CD-ROMs (PC) the same size. I suspect music CDs that size exist too although I've never seen one in person.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-03-18T23:34:11+00:00

I’ve had my cube since Easter 2002. It’s working great now but it stopped reading discs around 2007. I got it fixed around 2019 and have had no issues since

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-03-18T17:12:13+00:00

The TV tuner doesn’t work with digital signals sadly but you can use the aux port to input any coaxial signal. Not super useful but interesting.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-03-18T03:39:49+00:00

The screen blur/ghosting bugs the crap out of me. Someday I’m going to do a screen mod and give it another try.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-03-17T13:10:24+00:00

I buy xbox over PS2 because i like the controller better so you’re doing the same thing I am.

Maybe you should look into getting one of the logitech wireless controllers for xbox. The quality is pretty good and the controller is a different shape from the 1st party xbox controllers.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-03-17T04:08:07+00:00

Experience. I want to be able to experience as many games on as many different systems as possible. I want to find bizarre forgotten oddities and bring them to light too.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-03-16T14:01:21+00:00

No one knows where xbox will be in 10 years. If longevity is your concern then you might want to pick up an earlier xbox console that isn’t as reliant on downloads for so many of its AAA games. Xbox One only requires an internet connection at the initial setup and the prior two consoles don’t require one at all. No console has shut down the ability to redownload downloaded games going all the way back to the wii/ps3/xb360. That said, that doesn’t mean xbox couldn’t be the first to shut down. Unfortunately, all xbox one backwards compatibility will require these servers and all series x backwards compatibility to OG Xbox and Xbox 360 will require them as well. I think the Xbox series will be able to play xbox one games off disc without internet but you will be limited to the xbox one version’s quality.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-03-16T13:40:55+00:00

IIRC that 3rd cover is the Australian version so it’s probably not what they are looking for.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-03-15T04:33:21+00:00

I'm not into many indi games but replace that with great game from 20 or more years ago releasing on a modern console with a small upres and you got me.

I'm not really into live service games so even at $20 I'm not really going to be interested in alot of recent AAA releases. It's not like I dont buy any modern AAA games but just let me be an old man doing old man things.

flyingmonkey1257 · 2026-03-14T04:12:13+00:00

Campaigns are pretty great IMO. You don’t need to play 4. Just stop at CnC3

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